In response to the clear threat that climate change poses to Small Island Developing States in the Pacific, the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has funded the project “Supporting the Regional Management of Climate Change Information in the Pacific (Pacific iCLIM).” The Pacific iCLIM project is being implemented by Griffith University in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and the Governments of Tonga, Fiji and Vanuatu, with the aim of designing and implementing a regional approach to climate change data and information management for the Pacific.

Under the iCLIM project an adaptation decision support tool is being developed to support Pacific Island Countries and Territories in adaptation planning and readiness for accessing finance via the Green Climate Fund (GCF). This presentation will outline the issues and objective of adaptation planning and climate finance readiness in the Pacific, with a specific focus on iCLIM project’s adaptation decision support tool.